Packets of Nestle's Maggi instant noodles are seen on display at a grocery store in Mumbai, India, June 4, 2015. India's food minister on Wednesday ordered safety cheques on Nestle India's Maggi instant noodles after regional food inspectors said the test batches of the popular snack were found to contain dangerous levels of lead. REUTERS/Shailesh Andrade

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Nestlé is among the companies interested in purchasing Hain Celestial Group, Bloomberg reported on Nov. 21, citing people familiar with the matter. It could buy some of all of the company, which owns brands including Terra and Earth’s Best, the story said.

Earlier this year French dairy group Danone closed its purchase of WhiteWave, a maker of milk-substitute products, for $10.4 billion. The deal was announced the summer prior, and was the company’s largest since 2007. In July, Campbell Soup bought Pacific Foods for $700 million.